'Twelve' in the Bible

But a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage came behind Him and touched the tassel of His cloak;

Then He called to Him His twelve disciples and gave them authority over foul spirits, to drive them out; and to cure every kind of disease and infirmity.

Now the names of the twelve Apostles were these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zabdi, and his brother John;

These twelve Jesus sent on a mission, after giving them their instructions: "Go not," He said, "among the Gentiles, and enter no Samaritan town;

When Jesus had concluded His instructions to His twelve disciples, He left in order to teach and to proclaim His Message in the neighbouring towns.

So all ate, and were fully satisfied. The broken portions that remained over they gathered up, filling twelve baskets.

"I solemnly tell you," replied Jesus, "that in the New Creation, when the Son of Man has taken His seat on His glorious throne, all of you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

"So they went. Again about twelve, and about three o'clock, he went out and did the same.

Jesus was now going up to Jerusalem, and He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them,

At that time one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the High Priests

When evening came, He was at table with the twelve disciples,

He had scarcely finished speaking when Judas came--one of the Twelve--accompanied by a great crowd of men armed with swords and bludgeons, sent by the High Priests and Elders of the People.

Or do you suppose I cannot entreat my Father and He would instantly send to my help more than twelve legions of angels?

He appointed twelve of them, that they might be with Him, and that He might also send them to proclaim His Message,

These twelve were Simon (to whom He gave the surname of Peter)

When He was alone, the Twelve and the others who were about Him requested Him to explain His figurative language.

Now a woman who for twelve years had suffered from haemorrhage,

Instantly the little girl rises to her feet and begins to walk (for she was twelve years old)

Then summoning the Twelve to Him, He proceeded to send them out by twos, and gave them authority over the foul spirits.

And they carried away broken portions enough to fill twelve baskets, besides pieces of the fish.

When I broke up the five loaves for the 5,000 men, how many baskets did you carry away full of broken portions?" "Twelve," they said.

Then sitting down He called the Twelve, and said to them, "If any one wishes to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."

They were still on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them; they were full of wonder, and some, though they followed, did so with fear. Then, once more calling to Him the Twelve, He began to tell them what was about to happen to Him.

So He came into Jerusalem and into the Temple; and after looking round upon everything there, the hour being now late He went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

But Judas Iscariot, already mentioned as one of the Twelve, went to the High Priests to betray Jesus to them.

When it was evening, He came with the Twelve.

"It is one of the Twelve," He replied; "he who is dipping his fingers in the dish with me.

Immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came and with him a crowd of men armed with swords and cudgels, sent by the High Priests and Scribes and Elders.

And when He was twelve years old they went up as was customary at the time of the Feast, and,

When it was day, He called His disciples; and He selected from among them twelve, whom He also named Apostles.

Shortly after this He visited town after town, and village after village, proclaiming His Message and telling the Good News of the Kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,

for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as He went, the dense throng crowded on Him.

And a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage--and had spent on doctors all she had, but none of them had been able to cure her--

Then calling the Twelve together He conferred on them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases;

Now when the day began to decline, the Twelve came to Him and said, "Send the people away, that they may go to the villages and farms round about and find lodging and a supply of food; because here we are in an uninhabited district."

So they ate and were fully satisfied, all of them; and what they had remaining over was gathered up, twelve baskets of fragments.

Then He drew the Twelve to Him and said, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written in the Prophets which refers to the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

so that you shall eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and sit on thrones as judges over the twelve tribes of Israel.

While He was still speaking there came a crowd with Judas, already mentioned as one of the Twelve, at their head. He went up to Jesus to kiss Him.

Accordingly they gathered them up; and with the fragments of the five barley loaves--the broken portions that remained over after they had done eating--they filled twelve baskets.

Jesus therefore appealed to the Twelve. "Will you go also?" He asked.

"Did not I choose you--the Twelve?" said Jesus, "and even of you one is a devil."

He alluded to Judas, the son of Simon the Iscariot. For he it was who, though one of the Twelve, was afterwards to betray Him.

"Are there not twelve hours in the day?" replied Jesus. "If any one walks in the daytime, he does not stumble--because he sees the light of this world.

Then said Judas (the Iscariot, one of the Twelve--the one who afterwards betrayed Jesus)

Thomas, one of the twelve--surnamed 'the Twin' --was not among them when Jesus came.

So the Twelve called together the general body of the disciples and said, "It does not seem fitting that we Apostles should neglect the delivery of God's Message and minister at tables.

"Then He gave him the Covenant of circumcision, and under this Covenant he became the father of Isaac--whom he circumcised on the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve Patriarchs.

They numbered in all about twelve men.

For you have it in your power to ascertain that it is not more than twelve days ago that I went up to worship in Jerusalem;

the promise which our twelve tribes, worshipping day and night with intense devotedness, hope to have made good to them. It is on the subject of this hope, Sir, that I am accused by the Jews.

and was seen by Peter, and then by the Twelve.

James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: to the twelve tribes who are scattered over the world. All good wishes.

It has a wall, massive and high, with twelve large gates, and in charge of the gates were twelve angels. And overhead, above the gates, names were inscribed which are those of the twelve tribes of the descendants of Israel.

The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and engraved upon them were twelve names--the names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

The plan of the city is a square, the length being the same as the breadth; and he measured the city furlong by furlong, with his measuring rod--it is twelve hundred miles long, and the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each of them consisting of a single pearl. And the main street of the city was made of pure gold, resembling transparent glass.

On either side of the river, midway between it and the main street of the city, was the Tree of Life. It produced twelve kinds of fruit, yielding a fresh crop month by month, and the leaves of the tree served as medicine for the nations.